Psychology

Family Stress Can Make You Fat

Adolescent obesity is a national public health concern and, unchecked, places young people on a trajectory for a variety of health issues as they grow older. A new study from the University of Houston Department of Health and Human Performance (HHP) and T ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 12 2015 - 9:30am

What's Behind Sibling Rivalry?

How we get along as siblings is a deeply personal issue and profoundly effects our lives as individuals. It’s an issue that crosses cultures and economies, levels of class and fame. This point was reinforced to me when I did an interview on the Today Show ...

Article - The Conversation - Apr 7 2015 - 7:30am

Adolescent Eating Disorders Correlated To Socioeconomic Consequences

A new paper links eating disorders in adolescent females with lower levels of educational attainment and personal income in early adulthood. They were also less likely to own a home. ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 7 2015 - 2:54pm

Cooperative Play Increases Children's Perceived Similarity, Closeness

Children who play a game together have a stronger connection than kids who play the same game but not in a synchronous way, according to a new paper.  The authors assert that a physical activity performed in unison helps children feel more positively towar ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 8 2015 - 4:06pm

Why Don't All Farmers Grow Organic Food?

Organic food is a gigantic profitable Big Ag enterprise ensconced in a health halo that glows so brightly the bulk of consumers believe it not only has no pesticides but actually contains no chemicals of any kind. My concern about the science literacy of W ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Apr 13 2015 - 8:00am

Perceptions Of Environmental Damage Lessen Over Time, Even When Things Stay The Same

Invasive pests known as spruce bark beetles have been attacking Alaskan forests for decades, killing more than 1 million acres of forest on the Kenai Peninsula in southern Alaska for more than 25 years. Beyond environmental concerns regarding the millions ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 21 2015 - 6:12pm

Want To Get Men Donating Online? Feature A Woman And Make It Competitive

A real-world analysis of human behavior finds that men treat online giving as a competitive enterprise: Men will donate four times more money to an attractive female fundraiser if they feel like they are in competition with another male, which evolutionary ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 16 2015 - 1:24pm

Parent Training Reduces Disruptive Behavior In Autistic Kids

Up to 6 out of 1,000 children worldwide may be on the spectrum of an autistic disorder (ASD) and 50 percent of those kids demonstrate serious and disruptive behavior, including tantrums, aggression, self-injury and noncompliance. For children with ASD, se ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 28 2015 - 3:30pm

95,000 Person Study Shows MMR Vaccine Does Not Lead To Higher Autism Risk

A study of approximately 95,000 children with older siblings found that the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine is not associated with an increased risk of autism spectrum disorders regardless of whether older siblings had been diagnosed on the autism spec ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 21 2015 - 5:30pm

New Approaches To Identify And Treat Suicidal Adolescents

Suicide remains the second leading cause of death for adolescents in the United States, this year nearly 5,000 adolescents will commit suicide and advocates claim over 500,000 will make an emergency room visit that is or could be a suicide attempt. Better ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 27 2015 - 9:00pm